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Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

David Brandon Griffiths

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№ 986

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3 October 2019

Hammer Price:
£200

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary tokens (3), all 1893, in white metal, from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Council House & Art Gallery, edges plain, all 29mm, 9.46g/12h (Davis 841); School of Art, 9.32g/12h (Davis 856); School Board Offices, 6.70g/12h (Davis 859) [3]. Some surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and excessively rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 702 (part); W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 403 (part); G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 152; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 391; D.E. Litrenta Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 931.

First only illustrated. Only three complete sets in white metal were struck, although it is possible that these pieces may not be from a broken set